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Canon 15

Si superioris loci clericus heretici cuiuscumque clerici conuiuio interfuerit, anni spatio pacem ecclesiae non habebit. Quod iuniores clerici si praesumserint, uapolabunt. A Iudeorum uero conuiuiis etiam laicus constitutio nostra prohibuit, nec cum ullo clerico nostro panem comedat, quisquis Iudeorum conuiuio fuerit inquinatus.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 27-28)

Canon 15

If a cleric of a higher rank took part in a feast of some heretic cleric, he would not have a church peace for the span of one year. If clerics of a lower rank dare to do so, they should be flogged. As to the feasts of Jews, our decree also prohibits laymen from feasting with them. Who would be polluted by feasting with Jews, will not eat bread with any of our clerics.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Épaone

About the source:

Title: Council of Épaone 517, Concilium Epaonense anno 517
Origin: Épaone (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Just as the Council of Agde was held in 506 in the Visigothic kingdom and the First Council of Orléans in 511 in the Frankish realm, the Council of Épaone gathered bishops from the lands ruled by the Burgundians. The direct impulse for the council was the ascension to the throne of Sigismund in 516. The new king, unlike his Arian predecessors, followed the Catholic creed. Avitus, metropolitan of Vienne, and Viventiolus, metropolitan of Lyons, asked the bishops to convene on the day of 6th September 517 in Épaone, the exact location of which is unknown. It was most probably situated in the province of Vienne, possibly near present-day Anneyron or Saint-Maurice-l`Exil. The council gathered 24 bishops and one presbyter. It seems that also some other clerics and laymen attended the sessions.

Edition:

C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.

Translation:

J. Gaudemet, B. Basdevant, Les canons des conciles mérovingiens VIe-VIIe siècles, Sources chrétiennes 353, Paris 1989.

Categories:

Entertainment - Feasting

Described by a title - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Relation with - Heretic/Schismatic

Relation with - Jew

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Theoretical considerations - On church hierarchy

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1153, https://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1153